The Vietnam Era is about as accurate as body counts in any war, but it is either 1960-1975 or 1962-1975. The combat itself lasted over 8 years, which roughly starts it in 1964 and ends in 1972.
Map from pewresearch.com
The map above is fairly accurate when looking at the key cities, villages and battles.
Reasons for Vietnam War from kisworldhistory.wikispaces.com
Some of the reasons for the war are the same as those for the Korean War.
Some reasons for the Vietnam War from kisworldhistorywikispaces.com
These reasons are a bit different. Notice the Vietnam circle and the last sentence in it.
Reasons from slidesharecdn.com
Reasons from slidesharecdn.com
Reasons from slidesharecdn.com
Graph from themetropolitain.com
Chart from adyfuve.comuv.com
Pie chart from rationalrevolution.net
Graph from slate.com
Graph from a.p.org
Chart from archives.gov/research
Chart from rationalrevolution.net
Chart from motherjones.com
Poster from eBay.com
Timeline from slidesharecdn.com
Effects from slidesharecdn.com
Map from plancanada.ca
Page from history.army.mil
Page from history.army.mil
The draft, though used in all four major wars of the 20th Century, was eliminated in 1973.
Photo from upload.wikimedia.org
This panorama picture shows the Three Soldiers Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial Wall in the background with some 58,000 names according to the photographer, Mr. Ortiz.
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The Three Soldiers Monument was added after The Wall was built.
Photo from thewall-usa.com
Dedicated in 1982, the black granite wall contains the names of all service people who gave their lives in the service of their country.
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The National Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C. comprises the third memorial of the Vietnam War.